Machine for bunching hay.



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4 APPLICATION FILED IAN- 28, 1916.

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MACHINE FOR BUNCHING HAY. AAPPLICATION man 1AN.2B, 191e.

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MACHINE Fon BUNCHING HAY.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 28. 1916.

.Patented Jan. 9, 91?.

3 SHEES-SHEET 3l BERT C. MYERS, OF SAGINAW, OREGON.

MACHINE FOR BUNCI-IING HAY.

Specication of Lettersjlatent.

Patented Jan.- 9, 1917.

Application filed January 28, 191,6. Serial No. 74,912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT C. MYERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Saginaw, in the county of Lane, State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for BunchingHay; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable'others skilledin the art towhich it appertains to make and usethe same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in machines forbunching or shocking hay, and has for its object to so construct' amachine of this character that the same will gatherthe cut hay andconvey it to the bunching or shocking mechanism while the machine is inmotion.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for equallydistributing the hay on the cradle, and further to provide means forpacking the hay on the cradle.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a cradle soconstructed that it will dump automatically toI discharge the haytherefrom upon receiving a predetermined amount. v

`With' these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangementof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which :-l

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the n device. Fig. 3 is a top lplan view. Fig. 4

is a sectional view on line 4`4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional view online 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 6 6 of Fig. 2.Fig. 7 is a detail view of the conveyer gears.Y Fig. 8 is a detailperspective view of one of the nger guides. Fig. 9 is a detail view ofthe spring tightener.

Referring to the drawing 1 indicates a,

2.y is [a sprocket wheel 4 and a`4 clutch device v5.

Supported on the frame l', and in inclined relation thereto is a framev6,'said frame serving to support the endless conveyers 7, which aretrained around the rollers 8 and 9,'the latter being provided withintermeshing gears 10, whereby said conveyers will travel simultaneouslyand inthe same direction. The upper roller 9 has fixed to its spindle 11a sprocket wheel 12, the purpose of which will appear later.

Journaled in the inclined 'supporting bars 13 is a crank shaft 14, oneend of which has ixed thereto a sprocket wheel 15, said wheel beingconnected to the sprocket wheel 4 by av chain 16 so that movement may beimparted to the crank shaft when the machine is in motion.

Hingedly connected to the rear end of the frame 6 is atable'17,said'table having piv- :otally connected to its forward cornersthe upper ends of the links 18, the lower ends of said links beingconnected to the crank 'portions 19 of the shaft 14, whereby when 4, theyoke 20 in its proper position chains 26 are provided andhave'theirupper ends fixed to the rear end of the frame 6 and their lower endsfixed tothe side bars of said yoke.

A cradle 27 is'pivotally connected tothe rear end of the frame 1 andhaspivotally connected to its rear end a link 28, said link having itsupper end pivotally. connected to the lower end of the link 29, theupper end of which is pivotally engaged with the crank shaft 14. Thelinks 28 and 29 are provided with arms 30, said arms being con- CIVnectedby acoilspring which serves to hold said links in angularrelation, said Y springbeing of'such strengthV as to hold thel cradle 27in a horizontal positionv until a certain vquantity of hay has beendeposited on veyers 7. Theteeth'33 may be adjusted f upon operating thehand lever 34 which is i connected to the Varm carried by one end of thebar 32, by a link 36. ,Y

' Thus it will be Vseen that as the hay leaves therconveyers that itvwill be depositedV on the'tablel 17, which being vibrated, the hay `willbe shaken therefrom, and as it fallsY `towardthe cradle, the fingers 23will on their upward movement penetrate the hay sov as to force .thesame downwardlyas the ngers swing downwardly. This operation continuesuntil the .hayV has jbeen packed upon the cradle 27`and the weightthereof overcomes the tension of the spring 31, whereupon the cradlewill be rockedy so as to Y discharge the hay collected thereon.

Fixed to the other end of the-shaft 14 is a sprocket wheel 37, which isconnected with fthe sprocket wheel 11 by a chain 38. Thus it will beseen that power to drive theV conveyers 7 is derived from the shaft 14.

`The .bar 39 of the frame l is forked as .at 40, for supporting theknuckles 41 hav- ,ing the spindles 42 for rotatably engaging theV wheels43, which support the forward end of the yframe 1. The upper ends of theknuckles 41 are provided with forwardly and outwardly curved arms 44 towhich are connected'the arms 45 of the tongue frame 46. The knucklesYare further provided with rearwardly directed arms 47 which arepivotally connected by a bar 48 which serves to turn thev wheels 43 inunison, and si multaneously with theV swinging of the tongue 49.v ,Y Y

Mounted for rocking movement on the bar 39 isa shaft 50, which isprovided with arms 51, the upper ends of which are provided with pins 52for slidably engaging the slots 53 formed in the sides of the frame 6.One end of the shaft 50 terminatesin an arm 54 towhich is pivotallyconnected the-forward endof the link 55, the rear end of which is oftheV lever 56 the shaft 50 will Vbe rocked andV since the pins 52 of thearms 51 slide in the slots it is obvious that the forward end of theframe may be raised or lowered as desired.V Y

Y The tension of the spring 31 can be regulated upon manipulating theadjusting screws 57, the same being provided with swiveled heads 58, asshown in Fig. 9 of the drawing.

VVMounted on the frame 6 is a platform 59,

and upon which is supported the drivers seat 60.

It will be further noted that the upper ends of the rbars 13 rotatablyengage the spindles 11 of the lowermost roller 9, and form in eect 'ahinged connection, whereby the frame 6 can swing when the lower endthereof is raised or lowered.

vWhen the machine is used as a shocker, the spring 31 is adjusted so asto be under greater tension than when the machine is used for bunchinghay.

What is claimed is 1. A machine of the class described comprisingawheeled supported frame, a conveyer frame mounted thereon, a crank shaftarranged between the frames, a yoke supported by the crank shaft, guidescarried by the yoke, rake teeth for gathering hay and directing the sameto the conveyer frame, a cradle pivotally connected to the rear end ofthe first named frame, lingers associated with the crank shaft andslidable in said guides, said fingers serving when oscillating uponmovement of the crankshaft to pack the hay on the cradle, and yieldablemeans to permit the cradle to tilt to discharge the hay therefrom whenthe weight of the hay has reached a predetermined amount.

2. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a conveyerassociated with the frame, a cradle pivotally connected to the frame, atable hingedly associated with the conveyer and above the cradle,lingers associated with the cradle, means for simultaneously vibratingthe table and oscillating the lingers, and means for permitting thecradle to rock when a predetermined amount of hay has been depositedthereon and packed by the fingers.

3.y A machine of the class described comprising a wheeled supportedframe, a second frame supported thereby, a crank shaft arranged betweenthe frames, a conveyer supported by the second named frame, a tablehingedly connected to the rear end of the second named frame, a yokeassociated with the crankshaft and having guides carried thereby,fingers engaged in the guides Vand lhaving their .inner ends connectedto the crank shaft, links connecting the crank shaft and table, wherebywhen the crank shaft is rotated the table will be vcradle to tilt thecradle to discharge the brated and the ngers oscillated, a cradle hay.10 hingedly connected to the first named frame In testimony whereof, IaiiX my signature, for receiving hay from the table, said fingers in thepresence of two Witnesses.

5 being adapted to engage the hay as it falls BERT C. MYERS.

from the table to the cradle to pack the Witnesses: saune upon thecradle, and means rendered T. C. WHEELER, operative by the Weight of thehay on the HERBERT EAKIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

